Michael Ajemian of Southbury, accused by state health regulators of abusing alcohol, signed an affidavit in October saying he has voluntarily surrendered his medical license. In response, the board on Tuesday withdrew the disciplinary charge against him. Ajemian was a board-certified surgeon.

The state Department of Public Health charged in May that Ajemian drank to excess throughout 2011.

Dr. Helar Campos, a family practitioner in New London and Norwich, was fined $7,000 for "inappropriately permitting" a paramedic or medical assistant in his office to administer flu shots, and for failing to document in patient medical records that it wasn't Campos who had given the shots. The board on Tuesday approved a consent order in which Campos waived a hearing and agreed to pay the fine to settle the case.

A New Milford anesthesiologist, Dr. Brian Connolly, was fined $5,000 fine for administering a nerve block on the wrong side of a patient who had a total knee replacement at New Milford Hospital in July 2011.

Health department lawyer David Tilles told the board on Tuesday that similar fines had been negotiated for other cases involving "wrong-side" procedures of an equal magnitude.

Dr. Arleen Sergis's medical license was placed on probation for one year in a case involving the inappropriate prescription of Oxycodone. The father of a 33-year-old patient had complained that Sergis continued to prescribe the narcotic painkiller to his son despite the son's history of drug addiction and serious psychiatric problems.

Sergis, an osteopathic physician, prescribed the drug after the patient had been treated at a hospital for suicidal thoughts, according to a consent order approved by the board Tuesday. The health department said Sergis failed to take steps to learn the nature and details of the hospital stay, and that the medical records lack any supporting documentation for the prescription.

Also as part of the consent order, Sergis agreed to hire a consultant to monitor her practice. Her lawyer said Tuesday that Sergis has completed a series of courses, including instruction on proper pain management and treating depressed patients.

Though the board unanimously approved the consent order in the Sergis case, one member wondered why no fine was included. A health department lawyer said a consultant working for the department found this was an isolated case.